Improved clothes-mangle



iiitttd gettate HAMILTON ERASTUS SMITH, or NEW Yon-K, N. Y., AssIGNoa 'ro MARY JANE SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 96,361, dated vNovember 2, 1869; anteaated October 22, 1869.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-MANG-LE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, HAMILTON ERAsTUs SMITH, of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Olothes-Mangle; and I do hereby declare that the v following 1s a t'ull, clear, and lexact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had t0 the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- V Figure 1 represent-s a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved clot-hes-mangle.

Figure -2l is a vertical transverse. section of the same, taken on the plane ot' the line x x,y iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail vertical transverse section, taken roller carryingr the clothes has its bearings when the` pivoted frame is swung down toward the stationary frame. The said roller has therefore a secure bearing, and can, at any time, be taken oli` by raising the pivoted frame. The two frames both carry rollers, between which the articles on the removable roller are pressed.

. A, in the drawing, represents the stationary flame 'of' the mangle, it being supported ou suitable lugs, B,

and provided with-a horizontal plate, a.

A horizontal roller, e, has its bearings in boxes provided in the ends of the frame A.

D is a frame, which consists, chiefly, of two sidebars,.d d, which are, by a connecting-bar, e in front connected witha treadle, E, that is pivoted to the rear of the frame A, as shown in fig. 2, while their rear ends are,by pins f, pivote-d to lugs g, that project from the trame A.

E is a roller, which has its bearings in boxes G, that are fitted into recesses of the side-bars al, so that they can slide up and down therein.

A spring j is interposed between the top of each box G, and the upper end of a hollow arm, i', projecting from each bar d, as is clearly shown in-tig. 3.

The treadle E can, by a. suitable spring-catch I, be locked in any desired position, as indicated in lig. 1.

To the inuer sides of the bars cl are fastened downward-projecting plates l l, which have hook-shaped lower edges, as shown in iig. 3, and opposite to them are, on the frame A, upward-projecting plates, m,-

. which are also hook-shaped, but in a direction opposite to that of the plates lI, so that when the' two sets of plates l m are brought together, by depressing the frame D, nearly `circular openings are formed between them, into which tbe proieeting ends of thel axle n oi' a roller J can be fitted.

This roller J is to receive the articles that are to be smoothened, and is,for that purpose, removed from the machine. When to beinserted between the rollers lO F, the frame D is raised, and the axle 1iplaced allthe rollers will be turned, and the clothes ontheroller J will be sinoothened. The roller J is, by this arrangement, firmly held, and cannot play laterally, while it is up and down adjustable to greater' or less pressure. l l Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and vdesire to secure by Letters Patent- The plates l, ou the swinging frame D, in combination with the plates m, on the stationary frame A, when arranged to support and vhold the ends ot' the rollerJ, upon which the articles to be rolled are wound, as specitied. k

- HAMILTON E, SMITH. Witnesses;

FRANK BLocKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

